SIMS v. CHARLOTTE LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.

No. 379.

125 S.E.2d 326 (1962)

256 N.C. 32

Juanita SIMS, by her Next Friend, Ruth Mae Sims, v. CHARLOTTE LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 2, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hoyle C. Ripple, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff.

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice and Wesley Bailey, Winston-Salem, for defendant.


MOORE, Justice.

The trial court excluded the contents of the hospital records without assigning any reason for the ruling. Consequently if they were inadmissible on any legal ground, the ruling should be upheld. The plaintiff insists the records were inadmissible upon two grounds: (1) as hearsay, and (2) as privileged communications.

Hospital records, when offered as primary evidence, are hearsay. However, we think they come within one of the well recognized...

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